Meet #8 - Minnesota Service Cooperatives Knowledge Bowl

1Round #Meet #8 - Minnesota Service Cooperatives Knowledge Bowl - HS Pristine #433 HS

Geologic MapsOn geologic maps, igneous rock is usually symbolized by short angular lines or"v" shapes or "x" shapes. What general category of rock is usually symbolizedby short wavy lines?

metamorphic

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First LinesThese are the first lines of works by what American author? Gayly bedight I was sick, sick unto death It was many and many a year ago Hear the sledges with the bells The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne

Edgar Allan Poe

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PolygonsWhat kind of polygon is not convex?

concave polygon

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CaliforniansName Nancy Davis' future husband and California governor.

Ronald Reagan

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Asian GeographyWhat Asian country is divided into the highlands, the Red River Delta, thecentral mountains, the coastal lowlands, and the Mekong Delta?

Vietnam

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DemocracyIn ancient Athens, citizens did not choose representatives to vote onlegislation but instead voted as individuals. This illustrates what kind ofdemocracy?

direct democracy

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AdjectivesIn the poem, "The Cremation of Sam McGee," convert the first adjective in thepositive degree to an adjective in the superlative degree.

strangest

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EtymologyThe term "cutaneous" is derived from the Latin word "cutis" meaning what?

skin

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TerroristsIn 1975, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez led a raid on a meeting of OPEC oil ministers,killing 3 and taking 63 hostages. This freelance terrorist, suspected of killing asmany as 80 people over the years had the nickname, Carlos the what?

Jackal

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StatuesThese bronze statues are in what country? Burke and Wills The Dog on the Tuckerbox

Australia

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AllusionsWhat was the original word in this allusion to "Macbeth" uttered when aportrait of the Bard was first discovered? Is this a Shakespeare which I See Before Me?

dagger

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MiningName the mining technique in which a high-powered cutting machine passescontinually across an exposed face of coal while simultaneously, the resultingcoal chunks are continuously hauled away.

longwall mining

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WarsName the first "limited war" engaged in by the U.S. in which the goal was notthe utter defeat of an enemy but only to contain it.

Korean War

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Chemical ReactionsAmmonia is the product of a chemical reaction of hydrogen and what othergas?

nitrogen

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Maritime LandformsWhat is surrounded by an insular shelf?

an island

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FracturesSmall cracks in a bone due to repetitive overuse are known as what kind offractures?

stress fractures

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BonesName the larger bone in a human shoulder girdle.

scapula

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CruisersWhat German cruiser that sunk 22 Allied ships in 1941 and 1942 was named fora mythical island that was supposedly once visible in waters west ofGibraltar?

Atlantis

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Business HistoryWhat kind of commercial control did these organizations once enjoy? DeBeers Consolidated Mines Dutch East India Company U.S. Steel Hudson's Bay Company American Telephone and Telegraph Standard Oil

monopoly

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AcrosticsWhat word is hidden in this acrostic? Alien life form far from human touch Living among its self in the heavens like a guru Intelligence kept from civilization Earth remains alone like a secret ninja NASA's top secret - you are not human.

alien

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Fraction AdditionExpress as a decimal number the sum of 6 3/16 and 5 1/8.

11.3125

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SpeechesIn his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned that what kind ofcomplex could possibly destroy the very institutions and principles it wasdesigned to protect?

military-industrial complex

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DesertsThe enormous Rub'-al-Khali sand desert is located on what peninsula?

Arabian Peninsula

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Olympic BansWhat country was banned from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games as aconsequence of a 2014 doping scandal in Sochi?

Russia

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Economic VocabularyDerived from an old French term meaning "to undertake," what is the term foranyone who launches, runs, and assumes the risk of a new business?

entrepreneur

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Chemical ReactionsWhat sensation do you feel if you touch a beaker in which an endothermicchemical reaction is occurring?

cold

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World War IIA major turning point in World War II occurred in what battle when forces underthe British General Claude Auchlinleck fought Rommel's troops to a standstillnear what Egyptian city in 1942?

El Alamein

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MineralsWhat color is usually associated with these minerals? cinnabar, jasper, spinel, garnet, ruby

red

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Alexander PopeWhat line by Alexander Pope about fools means that inexperienced or rashpeople attempt things that more experienced people avoid?

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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SolidsWhat is the name for either half of a double cone on either side of the commonapex?

nappe

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Secret Service HistoryThe only Secret Service agent who has died protecting a president occurred in1950 when nationalists from what Caribbean island attempted to assassinateHarry Truman while he was staying at the Blair House?

Puerto Rico

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Sentence TypesClassify this sentence according to its structure. Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by moving from where you left them to where you can't find them.

complex sentence

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DanceThese are basic steps in what traditional dance? ha'a lewa hela ka'o 'ami ku'upau 'uehe lele uwehe

hula

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Precious Bodily FluidsWhat is the collective name for these substances? leptin, glucocorticoids, androgen, epinephrine, dopamine, insulin, and mineralocorticoids?

hormones

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VolcanoesName the major volcanic cone visible from the Waikiki beachfront.

Diamond Head

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Political GroupsFounded in 1934, the Falange was a political party in what European country?

Spain

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Bad BummersName the physiological condition that may last for days, weeks, or monthswhen someone discontinues the use of heroin, prescription opiates, orcocaine.

withdrawal

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A 19th Century English FamilyWhat was Anne's last name, given that she was a writer born in 1820, was theyoungest of 6 children including her brother Branwell, two sisters who diedearly in life, and her two other sisters, Emily and Charlotte?

Bronte

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Algebraic FactoringFactor this quadratic expression. x squared + 5x + 4

(x+1)(x+4)

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Campaign PromisesThe U.S. entered World War I about a year after Woodrow Wilson wonre-election with what related campaign slogan?

He kept us out of war.

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WorkOne joule equals one Newton times what?

one meter

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VerbsOn an alphabetical list of helping verbs, which one is last?

would

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CloudsThese are varieties of what kind of low-lying clouds? radiation, ground, advection, evaporation, frontal, freezing, coastal, upslope

fog

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Constitutional ClausesWhat is the name for that clause in the Constitution, which under someinterpretations, means that the law of the land can be stretched to expand orcontracted to limit the powers of Congress?

Necessary and Proper (or elastic) clause

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Archaeological SitesThese pre-Columbian sites were built by what civilization? Cival Caracol Calakmul Copan Coba Tikal

Maya

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TaxonomyThese creatures of fantasy would all be classified in what taxonomic class? Shirley McLoon Jonathan Livingston Seagull Foghorn Leghorn Tweety

Aves

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Literary TechniquesName that point in a literary work where a character has a sudden eye-opening"ah-ha" insight or realization about a situation or person.

epiphany

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FunctionsWhat is the domain of this function? f(x) = square root of (x+5)

negative 5 to infinity

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New York HistoryWhat caricaturist played a large role in the downfall of the New York MayorBoss Tweed?

Thomas Nast

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VolcanoesLocated on Ross Island, name the world's most southerly active volcano.

Mt. Erebus

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VelocityA souped up Model-T is at full speed when it goes across the starting line of a1000 meter race. What is its velocity if it crosses the finish line in 1 minute and20 seconds?

12.5 meters per second

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IslandsName the lengthy seafloor feature along which these islands are located. St. Peter and Paul Rocks Ascension Island Saint Helena Bouvet Island Azores

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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DramaIn relation to theatrical performances, what individual is responsible for theorganization, coordination, and execution of a production?

stage manager

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TrialsWhat French writer was brought to trial for libel in 1898 for his editorial attackof the French army in relation to the Dreyfus affair?

Emile Zola

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AutoantonymsWhile in relation to storms it means "to endure," what word also in relation togeology means "to disintegrate"?

weather

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DickensThese are characters in what Charles Dickens novel? Therese Defarge Dr. Alexandre Manette Charles Darnay Lucie Manette Sydney Carton

A Tale of Two Cities

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Triangle PerimetersWhat is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a height of 2 times thesquare root of 3?

12

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OfficialsWhat is the highest elective office achieved by these Americans? George Norris Mark Hatfield Howard Baker William Proxmire Everett Dirksen Strom Thurmond

senator

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Safety SystemsThe Pacific Tsunami Warning System was established shortly after a 1946tsunami killed 159 people in Hawaii that had been generated by a massiveearthquake off the coast of what U.S. state?

Alaska

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AmphibiansFrogs and toads comprise one of the three main types of amphibians.Caecilians comprise another. The third group consists of newts and whatother lizard-like creatures?

salamanders

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Emergency MedicineName the surgical procedure in which an incision is made on the anterioraspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through the incision in thecartilaginous tube descending from the larynx to the bronchi.

tracheotomy

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CrimesWhat is the collective term for these offenses? assassination, honor killing, manslaughter, murder, infanticide, assisted suicide

homicide

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Asian HistoryBetween 1947 and 1971, what was the name for the region that became theindependent state of Bangladesh?

East Pakistan

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IslandsLocated in Southeast Asia, what is the world's largest archipelago?

Malay Archipelago

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Legendary BeingsMermaids are most similar to what Greek mythical sea nymphs?

sirens

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Sequence RatiosThe first term of a sequence is x. Given that x does not equal 0, and that everysubsequent term after m is 5 greater than 1/10 of the previous term, the ratioof the second term to the first is (x+50) divided by what?

10x

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Political GaffesIn attempting damage control, who said this? The day I said, "I invented the Internet," I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.

Al Gore

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LatinWhat according to this Latin line is the essence of life? Amor est vitae essentia

love

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MomentumWhat is the momentum of a 1000 kilogram vehicle moving at 15 meters persecond?

15,000 kilogram meters per second

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HabitatsCollectively, what volcanic undersea mountains comprise a habitatencompassing more of the Earth's surface than South America?

seamounts

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OfficialsWhat is the title of the chief prosecutor in a county?

district attorney

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Archaeological GeneticsRecent DNA tests have revealed that what young pharaoh's parents werebrother and sister and that his wife was his half-sister?

Tutankhamun (King Tut)

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Bygone AdvertisingThese were ads for what company? Don't stick your elbow out too far It may go home in another car.

She kissed the hairbrush by mistake She thought it was her husband Jake.

Passing school zone - Take it slow. Let our little shavers grow.

Burma Shave

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LiteratureThese are examples of what literary form? Night Long Walk to Freedom A Moveable Feast Dreams from My Father I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

autobiography

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PentagonsThe interior angles of a pentagon are 100, 120, 90, 108, and x degrees. What isthe exterior angle of interior angle x?

58 degrees

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Civil War BattlesIn 1862, Union forces stopped the Confederate invasion of what territorywhen they routed the rebels at Glorietta Pass?

New Mexico Territory

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ViolinistsThis is an anagram of the name of what Italian violinist and composer of "TheFour Seasons"? Invalid Ovation

Antonio Vivaldi

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AmbassadorsWhat former governor of South Carolina became the 29th U.S. ambassador tothe United Nations in 2017?

Nikki Haley

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Element SymbolsWhat element has the symbol "Ac"?

actinium

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Loaded WordsAlthough the denotation of "Nazi" is "a member of the National SocialistGerman Workers' Party," it is a loaded word because it has all kinds ofassociated meanings called what?

connotations

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WarsFought between 1618 and 1648 and resulting in some 8 million casualties,name the deadliest European religious war in history.

Thirty Years War

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Asian StatesLying about 110 miles off the southeastern coast of mainland China, whatisland country is larger than Belgium but smaller than Switzerland?

Taiwan

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Science FictionThis is from what story by H.G. Wells? The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within. Its lid fell upon the gravel. Everyone expected a man to emerge, but then, something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the middle, and wriggled towards me.

The War of the Worlds

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SurveyingIn surveying, name the horizontal angle or direction of a compass bearing thatis usually measured clockwise.

azimuth

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Political PartiesThe platform of what 19th century nativist political party included the repeal ofall naturalization laws and a prohibition on immigrants from holding publicoffice?

Know-Nothings (American Party)

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CytologyName the form of passive transport across cell membranes that involves themovement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area oflower concentration.

diffusion

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Personality DisordersWith these symptoms, Saddam Hussein exhibited what personality disorder? He doubted all his companions and family members. He constantly felt he was in danger of being exploited. He believed the entire world was trying to ruin his reputation.

paranoia

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OpticsIn relation to telescopes, reflectors are to curved mirrors and refractors are towhat?

lenses

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Endangered SpeciesThe Endangered Species Act provides that any person may petition the headof either of two executive departments to add or remove a species from thelist of endangered and threatened species. Name either.

Interior, Commerce

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Mideast HistoryThe Golan Heights were part of what country prior to the Six Day War?

Syria

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CommunicationsName the form of conveying information at a distance by means of ofhand-held flags, disks, or paddles.

semaphore

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NovelsThis line is from what Thornton Wilder novel? If there were any plan in the universe at all, if there were any pattern in human life, surely it could be discovered mysteriously latent in those lives so suddenly cut off.

The Bridge at San Luis Rey

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Hexadecimal MathIn the hexadecimal system, what is the product of 3 and 4?

C

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InventorsDuring his career that spanned over five decades, what American gundesigner's weapons included classic weapons of the Old West to widely-usedsemi-automatic and automatic weapons in both World Wars and beyond?

John Browning's

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Earth's LowsThe Earth's lowest point on dry land is located along a lakeshore shared byIsrael, Palestine, and what other country?

Jordan

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Decomposition ReactionsWhat chemical compound used as an antiseptic and oxidizing agent can bereadily decomposed into 2 molecules of water and 1 molecule of oxygen?

hydrogen peroxide

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OratoriosThe title of P.D.Q. Bach's oratorio, "Oedipus Tex," is a parody of the name ofan ancient Greek tragedy written by whom?

Sophocles

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Lunar LandscapesWhat has been a primary cause of regolith formation on the surface of theMoon?

meteorites (micrometeorites, solar wind)

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AwardsLe Duc Tho and what American secretary of state shared the 1973 NobelPeace Prize for their parts in negotiating the Vietnam cease-fire?

Henry Kissinger

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Secession and PartitionSince its admission to the Union, there have been more than 220 proposals todivide what U.S. state into multiple states?

California

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PoemsThis is a line from a verse in what Dylan Thomas poem? Old age should burn and rave at close of day.

Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

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ConsonantsMost words beginning with three-letter consonant clusters begin with theletter "t" or what other letter?

s

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Mammal BonesMammals have how many bones in their middle ears?

3

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Pyramid VolumeWhat is the volume of a square pyramid with sides of 6 meters and a height of8 meters?

96 cubic meters

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Chemical ReactionsWhat compound results from the reaction between the silver cation and thechloride anion in an aqueous solution?

silver chloride

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Ancient DelusionsCleopatra regarded herself as the reincarnation of what Egyptian goddess?

Isis

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Health AntonymsIn relation to a disease and rhyming with "fission," what is the medical term forthe antonym of "worsening"?

remission

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Absolute Value EquationsWhat is the value of x in this equation? 2x + the absolute value of (x-3) equals -12

-15

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CongressEach term of the House of Representatives is a two-year period that issubdivided into two what?

sessions

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AutobiographiesComplete the title of this autobiography by Mohandas Gandhi. The Story of My Experiments with ...

Truth

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Assassination AttemptsSecret Service agents have intervened in four assassination attempts, onceeach with candidate George Wallace and Ronald Reagan, and twice with whatother 20th century president?

Gerald Ford

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SemicirclesA semicircle with an area of 50 pi meters is inscribed inside a rectangle, withthe diameter of the semicircle corresponding to the length of the rectangle.What is the area of the rectangle?

200 square meters

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Anatomical MnemonicsFor what does the R stand in this mnemonic about component organs of thebowel? Dow Jones Industrial Average Closing Stock Report

rectum

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City NicknamesWhat Florida city is called either "The Magic City" or "Little Cuba"?

Miami

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IndependenceIn 1990, what Baltic republic became the first Soviet republic to proclaim itsindependence from the Soviet Union?

Lithuania

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IdiomsThe word for what color is missing in these idioms? ---- nosing ---- out ---- bag lunch as ---- as a berry

brown

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VolcanoesVolcanic eruptions are classified as either effusive or what?

explosive

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TorqueTorque depends on an applied force and the distance between the rotationaxis and the location where the force is applied. In this context, what is thedistance called?

moment arm (lever arm)

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AllusionsThe following title is an allusion to a work by what American poet? Volumes to Go before You Die

Robert Frost

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Space StationsName the world's first successful space station that functioned from 1973until it crashed into the Indian Ocean in 1979.

Skylab

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Work ProblemsEight equally-skilled, equally-motivated grape pickers can fill a trailer withgrapes in six hours. If three of the workers were picked up on a dawn raid byICE officials, how many hours will it take the remaining workers to fill thetrailer?

9.6 hours (or 9 3/5 hrs or 9 hrs 36 min)

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Drama HistoryThese were stock characters in the early comedies of what ancientcity-state? the adulescens - a hero the senex - a strick or soft father the parasitus - a guy who lives for himself the servi - the slaves the miles gloriosus - a braggart soldier

Rome

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GovernmentName the kind of government characterized by unrestrained politicalcorruption.

kleptocracy

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ExpulsionsForces of what European nationality that had dominated the island of Javasince 1596 surrendered to the Japanese in 1942?

Dutch

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Hospital ProceduresName the formal acceptance by a hospital of a patient who is to be providedwith a room, board, and services.

admission

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AcidsWhat kind of nucleic acid transfers the genetic code from the nucleus to theribosome to make proteins?

RNA (ribonucleic acid)

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ClausesWhat kind of clause is often introduced by the word "than"?

elliptical clauses

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EpigramsWhat scientist said these things? -The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide our sources. -To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. -Sit by a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. Sit on a red-hot stove for a minute, it seems like an hour. That's relativity.

Albert Einstein

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ExecutionsWhat is the surname of the couple who, in 1953, became the first U.S. citizensto be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime?

Rosenberg

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Linear EquationsWhat is the number if two times the difference of the number and 3 is added to4 and the result is 22 more than 4 times the number?

-12

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European RegionsPiedmont is a historical region of what European country?

Italy

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Heat EnergyWhat measurement unit that equals 252 calories, 778 foot-pounds, 1005 joulesand .293 watt hours is required to raise the temperature of one pound of waterone degree Fahrenheit?

Btu

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Russian HistoryThe State Duma was the Russian legislature formed in 1906 by what czar?

Nicholas II

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Federal Law EnforcementIn 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a blistering rebuke to themayor of what California city for her warning to illegal immigrants of animpending ICE operation?

Oakland

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Geologic TimeDerived from Greek, the name "Archean" referring to the middle era ofPrecambrian time, literally means what?

ancient (beginning, origin)

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CreditReminiscent of chewing producing a noisy crackling sound, when banks stoplending or bond market liquidity evaporates, the situation is called a creditwhat?

crunch

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DickensIn what story by Charles Dickens is this excerpt found? Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade.

A Christmas Carol

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19th Century TerroristsIn 1877, what Irish terrorist society in Pennsylvania was effectively broken upwhen eleven of its leaders were hung for murders of police and mine officials?

Molly Maguires

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FunctionGiven this function, find f(3). f(x) = 4(x squared) - 9x + 7

16

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Inflection RulesFor verbs ending with the letters "ie," before adding the ending "ing," youshould change what to what to produce the participle form?

"ie" to "y"

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Fields of BiologyName the study of hormones and their relation to such things as diseases,metabolism mood, perception, reproduction, and respiration.

endocrinology

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Name ChangesIn 1976, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot changed the name of Cambodia towhat?

Kampuchea

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ArtArtistically speaking, what kind of "scapes" would depict images of suchfeatures as Vallis Bohr, Mare Imbrium, Oceanus Procellarum, Tycho crater, orCopernicus crater?

moonscape (lunarscape)

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Electrical EnergyWhat phrase indicates the electric load that corresponds to a maximum levelof electricity required in a system within a specified time period?

peak load (peak demand)

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Canadian LakesLake Athabasca spans the border between Saskatchewan and what otherCanadian province?

Alberta

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Figurative LanguageWhat figure of speech is illustrated in these lines? -He held up his bleeding hand as if to keep the life from spilling. -We need more boots on the ground in Iraq. -Do a head count of the passengers. -The White House declined to comment. -Remember to let her into your heart.

metonymy

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SecessionWhich of the Confederate states was last to secede?

Tennessee

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Trapezoid AltitudeThe bases of a trapezoid are 8 and 13 meters. If the area of this figure is 73.5square meters, what is its altitude?

7 meters

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Plate TectonicsWhat kind of boundary is located between the Nazca plate and the SouthAmerican plate?

convergent boundary

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MonarchiesWhat kind of monarchy exists today in these nations? Bhutan Jamaica Kuwait Sweden Morocco Belgium

constitutional monarchy

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Medical MythologyHygieia and Panacea were two of the daughters of what god of medicine inancient Greece?

Asclepius

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Fruit HistoryAccording to the story, the horticulturist Robert Gibbon Johnson is said tohave consumed a basket of what fleshy red fruit at the Salem courthouse inNew Jersey in 1820 to prove, in contrast to popular opinion at the time, that itis not poisonous?

tomatoes

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AlgaeWhat is the common collective name for the many species of macroscopic,multicellular, marine algae such as sea lettuce, wakame, bladder wrack, andkelp?

seaweed

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Novel CharactersHow are these fictional characters collectively classified? Miss Marple, the Hardy Boys, Nick and Nora Charles, Philip Marlowe, Nancy Drew, Mike Hammer, Hercule Poirot

detectives

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Parts of SpeechWhat part of speech is the last word in this line? The voices in my head are fighting, my imaginary friend is running with scissors, and at one point, one of my personalities wandered off.

adverb

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Postwar DivisionsAt the end of World War II, the Allies divided Germany into how many sectors?

4

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Digital RootsThe digital root of a squared number can only be 1, 4, or what two othervalues?

7, 9

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Scientific LawsThis is a statement of what law in physics? Q = delta - U + W

1st law of thermodynamics

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Rare PhotosIn 2017, a photo purchased at a garage sale for $10 was estimated to have avalue in the millions. It includes the image of Billy the Kid and what man whoeventually killed him?

Pat Garrett

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CalendarsThe 1917 Russian Revolution began in March of 1917. But because Russiawas using the Julian calendar at the time, they named the revolution for whatmonth?

February

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Island HistoryThe island of Java became part of what republic in 1950?

Republic of Indonesia

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Plate TectonicsWhat kind of plate boundary is illustrated by the San Andreas fault?

transform boundary

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EvolutionWhat evolutionary pattern occurs when an earlier single species graduallybecame two increasingly different species?

divergent

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Catastrophic NovelsWhat causes the catastrophes in these works? Level 7 On the Beach Trinity's Child The Last Ship Alas, Babylon Fahrenheit 451

nuclear war

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HighwaysIn 1985, after 59 years of its existence, what famed 2200-mile highwaystretching from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California was decertified?

Route 66

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Garbage MeasurementThe "great Pacific garbage patch" consisting of at least 80,000 tons of debrishas spread over 1.6 million square kilometers. To the nearest hundredthousand, this is an area of how many square miles?

600,000

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AutoantonymsWhat one word can mean either a request for a pardon for an offense or ajustification for an offense?

apology

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Art FormsThese are famous examples of what art form? Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Durer's "Rhinoceros" The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

woodcut

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Coin HistoryMany archaeologists agree that the first minted coins were made around 600B.C. in the Kingdom of Lydia located in what modern country?

Turkey

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ExerciseIn what kind of strength training do one's joint angles and muscle lengths notchange for the duration of an exercise?

isometrics

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AbsorptanceWhat is the absorptance of a substance if all light on it passes through?

zero

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PropertyWhat kind of real property is owned by a groupof tenants in a condominium or subdivision which all owners have the right touse?

common property

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Literary TechniquesWhat literary technique is illustrated by these lines uttered early in aShakespearean play? Romeo: Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death. Juliet: If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed.

foreshadowing

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American CrusadersCarry Amelia Moore's first husband died of alcohol abuse. Later on, shemarried David, settled in Kansas, and through saloon smashing gained herreputation. What was David's last name?

Nation

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SolidsNamed for a Greek mathematician, name the common group of polyhedra inwhich two or more different types of regular polygons comprise the faces.

Archimedean solids

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African CapitalsWhat is the capital of the country between Egypt and Eritrea?

Khartoum

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BonesWhat is the smaller bone in a human shoulder girdle?

clavicle

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Ancient Roman TimeOn the ancient Roman calendar, what term indicated the 15th day of March,May, July, or October?

ides

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Place Name EtymologyWhat is the meaning of the common part of the names for these places? Leominster, Kidderminster, Westminster

church (monastery)

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Atmospheric PhenomenaWhat term reminiscent of a canine indicates the atmospheric phenomenonclose to the horizon created by sunlight refracting from ice crystals in cirrusclouds causing glowing spots to appear at considerable distances from theSun?

sundog

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SpeakersWhat speaker of the House announced in 2018 that he would not seekreelection?

Paul Ryan

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Marine Biology and MythsWhat name is shared by tentacled, bell-shaped jellyfish and a Gorgon killed byPerseus?

medusa

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20th Century EntrepreneursOlive Ann and Walter Beech built a multi-million dollar business producingwhat?

aircraft

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Latin NumbersWhat ordinal number is the Latin number "una et vicesima"?

21st

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SaccharidesSaccharides are divided into monosaccharides, disaccharides,oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. What is the meaning of the prefix inoligosaccharides?

few (little)

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BalanceWhat kind of artistic balance is illustrated in a painting depicting an elephantand an owl sitting side by side on a bench overlooking a lake, with the cloudsand Sun in the upper right quadrant?

asymmetrical balance

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QueensWhat British queen was a Protestant and constantly in danger of beingassassinated by Catholics who wanted to replace her with Mary, Queen ofScots?

Elizabeth I

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DisordersHepatomegaly is the enlargement of what organ?

liver

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ElectionsIn the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Al Gore lost to George Bush by 537votes. Ralph Nader, also a candidate, got over 97,000 votes. Democratsargued that had Nader not run, most of those votes would have gone to Gore.This splitting of votes between two candidates of similar ideologies is calledwhat effect?

spoiler effect

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CapitalsThese are capital cities of nations on what peninsula? Bucharest, Sofia, Belgrade, Tirana, Skopje

Balkan Peninsula

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Medieval LiteratureWhat category of medieval and often symbolic stories included descriptions ofsuch creatures as dragons, griffins, and unicorns?

bestiaries

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AddressesWhat American president spoke of a supreme test of our courage, our resolve,and our wisdom in his fourth inaugural address?

Franklin Roosevelt

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Modular ExponentsIn mod 4, what is 3 to the 16th power?

1

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Phrasal VerbsWhat phrasal verb can mean any of these things? to do physical exercise to find a solution to prove successful to formulate or develop to solve a math problem

work out

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Radioactive WasteName the process of encapsulating high level radioactive waste in solid glass.

vitrification

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RoadsIn 1933, Hitler put Dr. Fritz Todt in charge of building what famed Germanexpressway?

Autobahn

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Genetic VocabularyWhat is the short form of the term, "allelomorph"?

allele

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The Solar SystemWhat body in the solar system that has a heart-shaped glacier the size ofTexas and Oklahoma put together, blue skies, at least five moons, mountainsas high as the Rockies, and red snow is smaller than Earth's moon?

Pluto

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FraudFraud that is committed through electronic means such as television, radio, orthe internet is collectively known as what kind of fraud?

wire fraud

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Novel EndingsThese are the last lines in what American novel? I think of Dean Moriarty. I even think of Old Dean Moriarty as the father we never found. I think of Dean Moriarty.

On the Road

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ElectionsIn one of the closest presidential elections in history, George W. Bush wasfinally declared the winner some 5 weeks after the election due to the disputedballots in what U.S. state?

Florida

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HeteronymsWhat term has these meanings? -the process by which a person formally enters military service -deriving general principles from particular instances -magnetizing a metal by the influence of a nearby magnet

induction

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SeasThe name for the Yellow Sea comes from sand particles from what desert thatoften turn the surface of its water a golden yellow?

Gobi Desert

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Better Living Through ChemistryThe rate at which the enamel in teeth demineralizes is reduced by adding whatbinary compound of a halogen to drinking water?

fluoride

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SimplificationSimplify (q squared + 9 - 10) divided by (q - 1).

q + 10

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EgyptWho was the Egyptian president when Egypt lost and later regained control ofthe Suez Canal?

Gamal Nasser

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Military SongsThese are the first words in the hymn of what branch of the American military? Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave.

U.S. Navy

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Cooking MalapropismsWhat word should have been used in this attempted compliment? What a gorgeous soup latrine!

tureen

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Satirical EssaysIn what essay did Jonathan Swift offer a straightforward solution to thisproblem? The streets and roads of this land are crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms.

A Modest Proposal

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Grand SightsIn 1805, Meriwether Lewis wrote about his staring in awe at "a sublimely grandspectacle, the grandest sight" he had ever seen. The name of what rivercompletes this entry? I heard the agreeable sound of a fall of water. Soon I saw the spray arise from above the plain like a column of smoke. It began to make a roaring too tremendous to be mistaken for any cause short of the great falls of the ...

Missouri

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Food ChemistryIf chalk is added to bread flour to increase its calcium content and whiteness,it may be regarded as a food additive. But if it is added just to reduce theproduction cost of the flour, what would it be called?

adulterant

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MammalsThese creatures are classified within what order of mammals? cuscus bandicoot dasyure wallaby opossum

Marsupialia (marsupial)

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PlanetsWhat is another name for telluric planets?

terrestrial (rocky) planets

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Ancient GreeceIn ancient times, pilgrims from all over the Mediterranean would go to whatsite on the slopes of Mount Parnassus to ask for a prophecy from the oracleof Apollo?

Delphi

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People in the NewsThe Hungarian-American investor, philanthropist, and political activist who in2018 was said to have a net worth of some $8 billion is George who?

Soros

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LegislationIn the U.S. Congress, there is practically no difference between a bill and whatkind of resolution?

joint resolution

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Employment ArrangementsOften in relation to such issues as employee safety, training, workingconditions, layoffs, or wages, union officials negotiate with employers andwill eventually come up with a CBA. This is an abbreviation for what kind ofagreement?

collective bargaining agreement

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AuthorsWhat American colonial author published works under these pen names? Alice Addertongue Benevolus Caelia Shortface Anthony Afterwit Richard Saunders Martha Careful Silence Dogood

Benjamin Franklin

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OutlawsWhen he held up Wells Fargo stagecoaches, what California robber wore aflour sack over his head and left poems for the authorities?

Black Bart (Charles Bolton)

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AreaThe area of Washington D.C. is about 68 square miles or how many acres?

43,520

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Soup EtymologyVichyssoise soup was named for what city south of Paris?

Vichy

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U.S. RegionsThe Calumet Region is shared by northeastern Illinois and the northwesternpart of what state?

Indiana

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IslandersToday, most of the inhabitants of Pitcairn Island are descendants ofmutineers of what vessel?

H.M.S. Bounty

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Washing ScienceBecause detergents lower the surface tension of water, they act as what kindof compounds?

surfactants

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EmergenciesWhat medical emergency occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygenatedblood to the brain gets blocked or bursts, killing brain cells, causing the loss ofcontrol for the parts of the body controlled by those cells?

stroke (cerebrovascular accident)

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GeologyThese are classifications of what? vertisols, oxisols, spondosols, histosols, aridisols, gelisols

soils

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DystopiasName the offense in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" defined as the criminal act ofholding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question the ruling party.

thoughtcrime (crimethink, wrongthink)

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ElectionsWhat Kentucky senator, U.S. vice president, and future Confederate generaland Confederate secretary of war finished second behind Lincoln in the 1860presidential election?

John Breckinridge

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SectorsA sector of a circle is bounded by the minor arc of 85 degrees. To the nearesttenth, what percentage of the circle is in the arc?

23.6%

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PaintersGeorgia O'Keefe spent many of her later summers living and painting in whatsouthwest U.S. state?

New Mexico

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HomonymsWhat homonym can either mean a kidnapping or the drawing away of a part ofthe body from the midline?

abduction

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Shipping DisastersAbout 240 miles of the coastline of what European country was horriblydamaged by the breakup of the supertanker Cadiz in 1978?

France

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Language SimilaritiesWhat is the collective name for these pairs of English and German words? cat - Katze false - falsch blue - blau holy - heilig live - leben school - schule

cognates

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PrimatesThese are varieties of what kind of Old World monkeys, the largest monkeyson Earth? olive chacma Guinea yellow hamadryas

baboons

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CapitalsWhat natural geographical feature is adjacent to these capital cities? Canberra, Buenos Aires, Vienna, Beijing, Brazzaville, Kinshasha, Budapest, Cairo

river

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LegendsAccording to legend, what king of ancient Phrygia tied his cart to a tree using aspecial knot, and prophesized that the first man to open the knot wouldbecome the next king of the land?

Gordius (Gordian)

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RailroadsThe first railroad chartered in the U.S. was the B&O Railroad, which stand forwhat?

Boston and Ohio

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ElementsWhat is the collective name for the fifteen elements such as europium,lutetium, holmium, scandium, ytterbium, and lanthanum?

rare earths (lanthanide series)

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The Solar SystemWhat objects in our solar system have names such as these? Zappa 16745 Mr. Spock 2309 Naganuma 15350 Acapulco 6349 Wodan 2155 Ursula 375

asteroids

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Feline HybridsA blynx is a cross between a lynx and what other feline?

bobcat

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The Marshall PlanName the largest country that refused Marshall Plan benefits.

Soviet Union

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Landmark CasesThe Marbury v. Madison case of 1803 established the power of the U.S.Supreme Court to declare what about a legislative act?

its constitutionality

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Burning GasesIn the 2018 eruption of Kilauea, strange blue burning flames werephotographed emerging from cracks in the ground. The combustion of whatgas produced them?

methane

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Literary DepictionsWhat literary technique produces the mental pictures evoked in this verse? A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and shaking in the breeze, Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way.

imagery

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Alliterative ClichesWhat word completes this phrase? fickle finger of ...

fate

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Attempted AssassinationsThe first American president to experience an assassination attempt occurredwhen Richard Lawrence pulled the triggers on two pistols only to have themboth misfire. The year was 1835. Who was the president?

Andrew Jackson

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The SpineWhat structure consisting of 5 fused vertebrae is between the L5 vertebra andthe coccyx?

sacrum

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BreedsA Lipizzaner is a breed of what kind of animals?

horses

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Mining VocabularyName the timber and plank supporting structures of mine shafts.

cribbing

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State RegionsName the northwesternmost state with land in a region called the Palouse.

Washington

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ElementsOn the periodic table, what category of elements include those from thoriumthrough lawrencium ?

actinides

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TimeNamed for a heavenly object, what kind of day on Earth lasts approximately14.84 solar hours?

lunar day

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AnagramsWhat past tense of a verb meaning "to retract" is an anagram of "trance"?

recant

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WondersWhich of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was located inMesopotamia?

Hanging Gardens

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ObservatoriesWhat famous observatory is located at Williams Bay, Wisconsin?

Yerkes Observatory

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Mass ArrestsUsing the Reichstag fire of 1933 as the excuse, Hitler convinced PresidentHindenburg to authorize a decree that resulted in the mass arrest of people ofwhat political persuasion?

communism

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PaintingIn super-realism or hyperrealism, incredibly exact images of everyday sceneslooking much like a photograph are produced by a painter. What is anothername for this art form?

photorealism

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Economic PrefixesWhat form of oligopoly is illustrated by Airbus and Boeing in large commercialairplanes or DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the superhero genre?

duopoly

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Fields of ScienceWhat is another name for botanical geography, a field concerned with thegeographic distribution of plant species?

phytogeography

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Science TalkWhat term do scientists use for any significant departure from a "normal"measurement?

anomaly

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